This weather is great until you have a 10 week old 🫠.

What id do to be in a beer garden right now instead Im inside with my 10 week old wearing the only thing that fits which is black leggings and a baggy top. Trying to keep him cool and happy. Trying to keep my 2.5year old from not going mental outside and actually coming out of the sun. All while my partners in Spain on a rugby tour and I just want to sit in the sun and tan with a nice cold alcoholic drink 🫠

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Nursery Inspiration

Our daughter will be in the box room- need inspiration what to do, decorate, add. It’s our first girl after 2 boys!

Furniture can all be moved 🎀

Thinking about separation from husband.

Hi, so my son has just turned 1. He’s our only child. I’m really starting to think about separating from my husband. For context I had a really bad pregnancy with lots of complications, I’m suffering and in therapy for birth trauma as we speak.

I’m absolutely loving being a mum and despite the trauma and bad pregnancy I am the happiest and fulfilled I’ve ever been.

However my husband gives me no support. I hate to use the word but he is lazy. This isn’t about the mental load fully it’s just general help. He will watch me struggle and sigh and huff when I ask for help. Everytime I ask for some help/ something to be done I’m accused of micro managing him. I’ve tried to explain post partum issues ie hair loss (which got me down for a long time) and he just said “it’ll grow back”

He is the most amazing dad he is so fun and “hands on” but as a husband I’m
Not sure I can do this anymore. The days where it’s just me and my son it feels so much easier. I feel like I have 2 children sometimes with my husband and he just doesn’t understand.

I’ve spoken to my mum and his mum who I am very close with and she says that’s just him. He’s always been relaxed and a bit lazy. But now we have a child I’m carrying everything. Every day he forgets to brush our child’s teeth. It’s not a massive thing but every day I say please remember to brush his teeth and sometimes honestly it feels like he forgets on purpose 😭

I’ve tried to talk honestly and he just turns it to me being a bitch and not understand post partum. Ive sent him NHS articles about birth trauma etc and he just doesn’t take anything on board.

I’ve suggested trying therapy together but he doesn’t think we need it. He says I have high standards he can’t meet. Which isn’t true. I’m so relaxed and long as our toilets are clean I’m so easy going with housework. He just doesn’t support ME.

Just looking for a bit of advice because it’s bringing me down so much just now.

Could anybody tell how to make sandwiches for baby??

Does we need to toast the bread
What fillings we can add
Do you close another layer or is it an open sandwich

l don't have no idea how make a sandwich, that's why

How do you do it?

For the stay at home mums who are responsible for their kiddos for the whole day, how do you do it? What are some tips for maintaining your energy and sanity while looking after your kids the whole day, day after day?

For reference I have a 10 month old and a 2 year old and my husband works 12 hour days. I’ve had help from family so far but now I’ll mostly be by myself.

How do you limit or avoid physical and mental exhaustion?

Nursery experiences

Hey! Would anyone mind sharing their experiences on how your nursery is? I can’t work out if what I’m experiencing is normal.

My daughter started early March, and loves everyone there, settled in really quickly, especially as she’s very shy with people usually. Whilst they’re decently on it with updates on nappy changes / meals etc on the app, we get almost no picture updates of her. We’ve had 2 in 2 months.

Not only that, but she’s due to move up to the next room from Monday and we’ve had no communication about it, if there’s any differences etc. We’ve had no reviews with them since she joined to find out how she’s getting on (bar a quick 2 min update at pick up).

I appreciate their most important job is looking after the children rather than taking photos etc. but it just doesn’t feel 100%. Is this normal and I’m just a psycho? 🤣

Am I being extra?

A little back story I’ve been a stay at home mom for the past 4 years, and this year I have decided to enroll and start school in the fall since my daughter will be in school too. I’ve been very excited about it and told my husband how I really wanted to do something for my self. Well come to find out my acceptance letter came in the mail Wednesday my husband opened it and placed it on the microwave under my kids book. Yesterday when I was cleaning the kitchen I found it. When I confronted him he said he left there thinking I would see it!

To make the story short am I seeing things where they aren’t ?